Get Black Widows and Brown Recluses all the time. Just kill 'em with whatever, it's all good. The ones that make ya jump are the damn Wolf-Spiders. They're pretty much harmless, but when you see them (or startled by them), it's a different story.

For those of you that are worried about spiders in your house studys show they tend to run around the rooms against the walls at baseboard levels. Years ago we had a few and I had a couple of bites on my arms overnight.

Any hardware store has little cardboard houses you put against the baseboards in your bedroom and they will catch them pretty quickly. We caught several in the first week and none since.

taz291819 wrote:Get Black Widows and Brown Recluses all the time. Just kill 'em with whatever, it's all good. The ones that make ya jump are the damn Wolf-Spiders. They're pretty much harmless, but when you see them (or startled by them), it's a different story.

Throwdown wrote:lol, honestly if i seen a spider that big i'd leave the house.

Not messing with anything like that, I've seen arachnophobia

It's almost definitely a practical joke. I've never heard of a jumping spider that big; the only ones about that size are Goliath tarantulas that live in South America or the Huntsmans which live in Laos.

Throwdown wrote:lol, honestly if i seen a spider that big i'd leave the house.

Not messing with anything like that, I've seen arachnophobia

It's almost definitely a practical joke. I've never heard of a jumping spider that big; the only ones about that size are Goliath tarantulas that live in South America or the Huntsmans which live in Laos.

I haven't read the thread, but jumping spiders in the states are pretty much contained to Black Widows. Those damn things actually jump as they lay eggs to spread them out and make them harder to detect. Apparently they are small enough to get ingrained in carpet or bed blankets. Pretty impressive, really

While technically not spiders, camel spiders are pretty big and also very aggressive and ornery. They'll give you nightmares. They're about the size of a tarantula, and will chase you down and attack. We used to mess with them in Afghanistan all the time.

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Seahawk Sailor wrote:While technically not spiders, camel spiders are pretty big and also very aggressive and ornery. They'll give you nightmares. They're about the size of a tarantula, and will chase you down and attack. We used to mess with them in Afghanistan all the time.

God, I hate those things. Used to get them in the house in New Mexico. Little smaller variety, there, but same Death Predator Jaws.

Those, and ridiculously large centipedes. Oh, and black widows galore.

Now Fayetteville, on the other hand. First week we moved into a rental house that had been empty for over a year, I killed a TON of brown recluses. The things were every-freaking-where. Came to learn that brown recluses aren't by any stretch of the imagination reclusive. First day, walked into the master bath and there were three of them just hanging out in the sink. EVERYwhere.

Black Widow spiders are not aggressive spiders.People generally get bit when they have the spider in a no win situation where they bite to get away and there venom attacks the nervous system so it will not be a fun experience.Their webs are really messy looking unlike alot of web building spiders that build beautiful webs.I highly doubt anybody sees brown recluse on a regular basis more than likely you are seeing a hobo spider which seems to be more prevelant to the Northwest and is mistaken for due to the marking on the carapace.I would just look around the house for any more activity.

VHawk wrote:Black Widow spiders are not aggressive spiders.People generally get bit when they have the spider in a no win situation where they bite to get away and there venom attacks the nervous system so it will not be a fun experience.Their webs are really messy looking unlike alot of web building spiders that build beautiful webs.I highly doubt anybody sees brown recluse on a regular basis more than likely you are seeing a hobo spider which seems to be more prevelant to the Northwest and is mistaken for due to the marking on the carapace.I would just look around the house for any more activity.

Exactly. The males are also significantly smaller than the females, and have no red hourglass. I killed hundreds of them while helping my dad blow out sprinklers growing up, as valve boxes seemed to be their favorite hiding place (dark, lots of nooks and crannies, and other bugs to eat).

You guys want a fucked up scary spider story? When I was about 15, I had just turned off my lights and was laying in my bed, listening to Loveline (back when Adam Corolla was on it), as I did every night. I felt something on my forehead, like a tuft of hair had shifted and was brushing up against me. I ignored it for a brief second until I felt it again, and quickly brushed my hand across my head, back to front, got up and turned on the lights. On top of the covers near the end of my bed was one of the largest mother fucking wolf spiders I'd seen! I tortured the hell out of that piece of shit. Didn't get much sleep that night, was too on edge.

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I flipping hate spiders like the plague. I use pest control because I don't want them crawling on my kids or me.

One night, crashed on the couch, TV on, I opened my eyes to see a monster coming out of the has fireplace. He got all the way to the middle of the room and all I did was lift my head and the thing froze. It knew I was eyeing it and the second I moved to get up, the thing darts back for the fireplace. Just barely got him. That was when I decided that the little bastards were aware and called the man. The smart ones get big.

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I honestly don't mind spiders, because just like snakes, they're basically free pest-control. If I see a spider-web on my back porch, I leave it be, as it helps to take care of the mosquito problem (and us folks in the South get a ton of mosquitoes).